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waffles stacked with maple syrup dripping, candied pepitas, with whipped cream on top, and flowers

Spiced Pumpkin Waffles with Candied Pepitas

5 from 8 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
Say, "hello" to Fall with these delicious Spiced Pumpkin Waffles with Candied Pepitas! Perfectly sweet, buttery, so soft, and just SO. GOOD.

Ingredients

Candied Pepitas

  • ½ cup sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup raw pepitas
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Waffles

  • 1 cup pumpkin
  • 1 ¾ cup milk
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
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Instructions

Candied Pepitas

  • Combine sugar and salt in a small saucepan.
  • Cook over medium low heat until sugar melts completely and just starts to boil.
  • Stir in pepitas.
  • Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
  • Turn out onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • When cool, break into pieces.

Waffles

  • In a medium bowl, mix pumpkin, milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla until combined. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
  • Stir until combined.
  • Spray waffle iron with cooking spray.
  • Ladle batter into waffle iron, filling forms completely.
  • Close lid and cook until light golden brown. Repeat steps until no more batter remains.
  • Dollop with Chantilly cream and sprinkle tops with candied pepitas.

Notes

Substitutions:
  • No pumpkin pie spice? No problem! You can use cinnamon instead.
  • If you don't have or can't find pepitas, you can really use any kind of nut you prefer!
  • You can use your favorite vegan products, but we haven't tested it, and can't tell you for sure how well it'll work. Adjustments may need to be made.
Expert Tips:
  • When melting the sugar for the pepitas, be sure to remember that the sugar keeps cooking! You need to keep an eye on it because it can burn very easily.
  • This recipe stores and reheats really well!
  • Be sure not to overfill your waffle iron.
  • Check the pumpkin! This recipe needs pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling.

Nutrition

Serving: 1WaffleCalories: 410kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 9gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 99mgSodium: 428mgPotassium: 190mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 1434IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 99mgIron: 3mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.